GOV 312L Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Counter-Terrorism, Future Wars, Mike Pompeo
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Gov: module 2: state political entity country geographic entity. Bush nss (2002) (check module 2 readings doc) Trump on security threats and american national interests. Interests: as what states want (territory, wealth, nuclear weapons, more democracies around the world) us uses economic incentives to cooperate with other states in order to accomplish their interests. 3: actions: foreign policy as device to alter behavior of other states ex: sanctions against russia designed to pressure putin to halt support of separatists in. Foreign policies refer to actions and statements of the us gov directed against actors outside of its territorial and political boundaries. Foreign audiences: other gov, international orgs, non state actors (citizens) Politicians" statements (especially those of the president) are a vital part of us foreign policy ex: trump"s tweets. Targets: private citizens or orgs outside of the us (un or european union) and private actors (banks or multinational corps)
